urban extension

Appeal: 700-home scheme allowed despite development plan conflict

06.03.2020

An inspector has granted outline permission for a major housing scheme on the Isle of Sheppey after finding no harm was posed to an important local green gap and a listed farmhouse adjacent to the site....

Appeals round-up: Paragraph 79 'hobbit house' not innovative; Housing scheme would harm national park more than 2km away

19.12.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 14 December-20 December, 2019

Appeal: Eastbourne 700-home urban extension blocked

19.12.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has cited ‘basic risk to highway safety’ in rejecting plans for a major extension to the built-up area of Eastbourne despite the council’s housing land supply shortfall, following an 11-day...

Appeals round-up: ‘Garish’ ice cream kiosk caused ‘significant harm’; Commercial business training centre is a community facility

01.11.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 26 October-1 November, 2019

Appeal: Heybridge urban extension approved despite flooding fears

31.10.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved a ‘garden suburb’ of more than 1,100 homes north of Heybridge, Essex, calling the appellant’s plans for flood prevention and surface water drainage ‘a perfectly normal arrangement...

Legal briefs: High Court throws out challenge to Ashford’s local plan; London mayor in court over Kensington hotel

18.10.2019

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 12 October-18 October, 2019

Appeal: Land purchase uncertainty halts urban extension

04.01.2019

Matt Moody

A 1,200-home urban extension north of Warrington has been blocked, after the housing secretary cited deliverability concerns relating to the appellant's incomplete ownership of the site.

Appeal: Roman remains prevent recovered 2,600-home Swindon scheme

15.06.2018

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has rejected a major urban extension because of harm to the setting of an ancient Roman settlement, ruling that the appellant’s late amendments to the scheme had breached planning...

Appeals round-up: Wind turbine could increase pink-footed goose mortality rate; Islington Council calls for lower affordable housing threshold

26.01.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 19 January-26 January, 2018

Appeal: 480-home urban extension will not harm Grantham’s heritage assets

24.01.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved a ‘sustainable urban extension’ in Lincolnshire comprising 480 homes, a school and neighbourhood centre, after finding that South Kesteven District Council had behaved...

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